History Recap / OnePieceAlabastaArc

** When Cobra says that it is the duty of the Alabasta Royal Family to safeguard the Poneglyph, Robin angrily dismisses that as a lie. Poneglyphs were made by people opposed to the group that would become the founders of the World Government, and the Nefeltaris were among those founders. However it would later be revealed that the Nefeltari family had refused to go to Marijoa back in the past with the other royal families who would later become the despicable Celestial Dragons, and even later, that it was a Nefeltari who made sure the Porneglyphs were scattered around the world in the first place.

->'''Luffy:''' Do you think it's enough to risk your life alone?\\
'''Vivi:''' '''What else shoud i be risking?!''' I've got... i've got nothing else to give...\\
'''Luffy:''' Why don't you try risking all our lives together! '''Aren't we crewmates?!'''

'''Vivi:''' ''What else shoud i be risking?!'' I've got... i've got nothing else to give...\\
'''Luffy:''' Why don't you try risking all our lives together! ''Aren't we crewmates?!''

'''Vivi:''' What else shoud i be risking?! I've got... i've got nothing else to give...\\
'''Luffy:''' Why don't you try risking all our lives together! Aren't we crewmates?!

* DidntSeeThatComing / UnexpectedCharacter: In universe and out, ''no one'' saw Robin joining the crew coming. Her helping Luffy and betraying Crocodile is something, but at most, it seemingly just makes her a wild card and there's nothing more to her than that. Then the crew leaves Alabasta and she just appears out of nowhere and, BAM, sudden crew member. It was a massive curve ball to the readers, but one full of intrigue as no one knew much about Robin yet, but she seemed to fit in pretty well with the Straw Hats. It helped that she's also TheComicallySerious.

* BlatantLies[=/=]RefugeInAudacity: At the end of the arc, the guards at the palace tell the Marines that the Straw Hat Pirates are not there, just as Usopp and Sanji ''walk right past them into the palace''--and even wave at the guards--while this is taking place. The Marines are helpless against the audacity of the act.

* WouldHitAGirl: One of the few times Luffy does do this, and to ''Vivi no less''. But only to prove a point.

** When Cobra says that it is the duty of the Alabasta Royal Family to safeguard the Poneglyph, Robin angrily dismisses that as a lie. Poneglyphs were made by people opposed to the group that would become the founders of the World Government, and the Nefeltaris were among those founders. However it would later be revealed that the Nefeltari family had refused to go to Marijoa back in the past with the other royal families who would later become the despicable Celestial Dragons.

** Nami's frustration at Usopp for misinterpreting her request for a weapon, resulting in what is more of a toy full of magic tricks meant to entertain. Right before the crew reaches Water 7, Usopp designs a Clima-Tact that is strictly for combat (seen in development in the seventh ''One Piece'' movie).
** When Cobra says that it is the duty of the Alabasta Royal Family to safeguard the Poneglyph, Robin angrily dismisses that as a lie. Poneglyphs were made by people opposed to the group that would become the founders of the World Government, and the Nefeltaris were among those founders. However it would later be revealed that the Nefeltari family had refused to go to Mary Geoise back in the past with the other royal families who would later become the despicable Celestial Dragons.

* GoodAllAlong[=/=]HeroicNeutral: Miss All Sunday, a.k.a. Nico Robin, saves Luffy's life, if only out of mere curiosity, and tells Pell to aid him in his recovery. Additionally, when she finally comes across the Poneglyph in the Alabastan Royal Tomb, she sees that it has no information on what ''she'' wants to discover: "The True History of the Lost Hundred Years". So she decides not to help Crocodile locate Pluton, lies about the contents of the Poneglyph, and instead tries to assassinate him. When that fails, she helps save Luffy's life again by giving Cobra antidote to the poison Crocodile infected him with, which Cobra administers to Luffy.

** Done rather humorously at the end when the Straw Hats are leaving from Alabasta, fleeing from the Marines, who launch harpoons at the Going Merry… that all get returned to sender by Luffy, who fails to notice that he did it.

* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Miss All Sunday's betrayal sorta works like this: When they reach the Poneglyph for her to translate it for Crocodile, she knows [[BadBoss Crocodile]] well enough to realize that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness she'll be disposed of after she tells him where the Pluton is]]. So she tries to take him out first by using [[MultiArmedAndDangerous her powers]] to [[WeaksauceWeakness splash a vial of liquid]] on him to make him wet and kill him with a dagger. Unfortunately, Crocodile [[OutGambitted sees it coming]], quickly dodges behind her with his ability, and impales her through the back with his hook, explaining that he's never trusted her from the beginning.

* PlanBResolution: Throughout the entire arc, Vivi thinks the only way to stop the war is to reach her old friend Kohza. Even after she learns that the Rebels have long since left Yuba and Luffy declares that they need to stop Crocodile, she doesn't give up. Unfortunately, all her attempts are sabotaged by undercover Baroque Agents, culminating in Kohza being shot, with it looking like the Royal Army's doing. What actually ends the fighting is, as Luffy said, taking down Crocodile.

* SpikesOfVillainy[=/=]WolverineClaws: Miss Doublefinger, whose Spike-Spike Fruit allows her grow her nails to this extent and make spikes throughout her body.

* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Luffy tells Vivi and the Straw Hats to forget about preventing the civil war and focus on defeating Crocodile. Vivi takes offense to that suggestion at first.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Crocodile is known to Alabasta as something of a guardian of the country, on top of being the casino owner of Rain Dinners in Rainbase. When Vivi sends a message to her father that he's the man behind the country's chaos, he and Chaka were very surprised, since, at this point, Crocodile is far more popular than the Royal Family, especially with the civil unrest. The climax of the war finally exposes him as the criminal who created the chaos, leaving all combatants very surprised.

** When Cobra says that it is the duty of the Alabasta Royal Family to safeguard the Poneglyph, Robin angrily dismisses that as a lie. Poneglyphs were made by people opposed to the group that would become the founders of the World Government, and the Nefeltaris were among those founders. However it would later be revealed that the Nefeltari family had refused to go to Marjorie back in the past with the other royal families who would later become the despicable Celestial Dragons.